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Campaign Signs for 1880.
I, the writer, recogniiing that there
a great deal of utmecessary and
icalled for apprehension among the
oplo concerning the political condi.
in of our country do, therefore, as
e who lis endoavoired to keep
eted on the general tenor of affairs
ring the time between this and the
it election, beg leave to present the
lowing to their notice. As one
io has at heart tire interests and the
ilia-e of the people of not only the
d Pal-uetto State, but the whole
untry, I shall be compelled to say
,) as a State, are in a efitical posi
rn, politically and socially speaking,
the eyes of the whple country are
rned upon us, and to a great ex
it we possess tae salvation of the
miocratic patty; therefore it is in
ipensible with us that we give
,m no room or possible grounds
- political criticisn. The revenue
les of the mountains has already
ned notbriety througbout the
lion, and the Northern journals (as
ave before said) ai e busily engaged
manufacturing and and flooding
country with shameful descrip
us of the-so-called resistance, by
people of South Carolina, of Fed
t law; they stand aghast at the
%ring of our new deeds, and often,
might add, the timid Republicani
tor falls to the floor ebrieking and
estling with nis bloody recitals dI
- crimes. <Now, whilo all of this
called for and malicious distuir
rce is going on, I think it exi'cdi
and Lighly necessary for some to
the part of reconciliators, and ti
'c the whole people )eople a ti ne
I j list representation of affahii s as
IN are,
Jhere bas been heretofore two simi
cases to that which has just trans.
-ed in tiis county, one in our sis
State, North Carolina, and one in
leware, where the stat of affairs
re identical; (a so called c, nflict
ween State and National law.)
d still we have all of the anathie
s and blame to bear of th e styled
iflict. We have went no furt~her
the prosecution of our rights aic
'ding to constitutional authority
mr they, yet the demoniacal journals
Republicanism have the audacity
J boldnees to attempt to raise the
e and cry of, the spirit of' sixty-one
lown .(bere yet. If' it is in our
dat we know not of its existence,
I all we have done or attempted to
is granted and protected under the
or and by authority of the conisti
ion of this State and the constitu
u of the United States of A merica,
ise rights wvhichu are as sacred as
men that made thorn, and as
r'nal as nature itself, we lbare act
under' and have been guided by.
We know no North, no South, no
8t, or West, hut one grand Union
all, and thle rights id imminunities
anted by that noble, grand and im
>rtal old documene we intend to
,d by and claimi its- protection.
> bayonet rule shall ever crush it
t of us; we may be over powered, or
en intimidated, but never, while we
n the name of our' ancestors, will
give over or consent that w'cmg
right.
ihe South has laid asile her arms,
r sword is sheathed, we want no
sention, but peace we desire; our
uggles have ended, the war bas,
ised on our part years ago, and we
a in the Union ,nce more and thbere
intend to stay so long as the
me of Union is to be found, or its
irt exists. Never again will w'e
r, if it were error, no miore will1 the
er cry resound in our cars' raibted
our own people. Thej dead of the
ties shall pass their long sleep in
ace, out' wronlg%, our rights will
ver desecrate the burying grounds
their hallowed repose, our spirits
e cue. Again we wish our hearta
l it and never while we extet sball
the echoing bugle raise them to field
of strife.
And now all we ask of the true at
patriotic men of the North is a fa
and just consideration of our cond
tions, and we will again possees tj
ntame anomg them of a State
peace forever. But we are compel
ed to leave this pat of the subject, i
it is not necessary for me to cornmei
upon it to a great length, and -neitt
er was it. my intentien at the outsa
to give it thd notice I ha'e, but
cannot well leave off when I hai
once begun on it.
The present prospect as to 11
number ot parties is: very flalterin;
There will in all probability be thre
parties during the next presidenti
campaign. The new one being whi
is known as nationalist, a composi
tion of lab'>r parties, antisresump
tionists, socialists, &c. The platfor
of the new party is now in construe
tion and the most prominent princi
ples are very indefinitely known i
the present, but as the time ap
proaches for the final declarations <
each party's platform we shall be ab]
to give them more elaborately. Th
party known as nationalists is a con
bination of the miinor sects, such V
has been noticed. The most notabl
feature of them is what they ca
equality as relates to their positior
socially anid in the possession c
of property. They desire a comino
ownership in all things a thoroug
chango in government and free an
equal citizenship. They claim to LI
the poor laboring man's triend, an
that i heir pi incil.les are his naturi
and inidestrustable*privileges whic
have been abused, and they desire t
restore them. They vant all equal t
the middle class, the rich bronlgli
down and the poor and degraded el
evated, and all such things as lanc
railroads, canals, mach inery an
commerce equally owned tby ther
all, rnd so made to work by the gov
ernmient, as the main system is regr
lated at the present.. for the good c
the -whiole. To abolish the wage
system and substitute in its stead ct
operative produetions, with a jm:
distribut ion of its rewards. Suchi
a state of feelings that is beginning t
poSCSs the par ty mentioned abov<
and more especially the part know
as communiste. The anti-resump j
tionists and others are not so vehte
ment or radical, buit they desire thei
Opinions spread in concert with th
balance, if they can not work to su
their own interests during the cant:
paign. The nominee of the piartyi
itot known vet. One of their strong
est friends and one most l1romniinen
is Ben Butler, he has one eye on th
Presidential chair, it is thought, art
desires it through themn as the actini
medium. Kearney, of Californit
has also a strong hold on the vote:
of the West. .Ue is a live, energot
ic politician, and has done wvonder
in his own State in the way of break
ing up the two older parties in th
recent excitement ont there. Sch wal
the communist, holds a strong ban
with the beer' drinkers of New Yor
and Ohio..
If we had time and space w
would like to devote more to this pa:
of the subject, but at the preset:
neither will permit. We should, E
we are about to begin on Republica
side, give the reader a general viel
of the situation of the Northern an,
Western States, but we shall h~ave t
forbear, through necessity this tim4
fromn so doing. The Re~pu blica
party at tire present time is, it seemi
rather in a dilemna as how to act.
They have not recrnited sufficienti
since the adjournment of Congresst
be strictly mnited, but neverthelei
they think their chanices for thme nei
President very good, and they wi
offer stout resistance to all -opposin
candidates. The recent Potter ir
vestigation committee bad a'marvei
Ions and inistantaneous effect on th
Is Republicans, and it throw them inti
a general and consolidated state ,o
Ad planning as to how they could defea
ir its inevitable issues; but as that hao
i- gradually subsided, they have quiet
ie ed with it. The party at large ar(
of not in active service during the pres
l- ent time;' they are waiting for th(
ie Democrats to make the outset, (aE
it they have already begun to do,) and
- when they have themselves then if
At will be their policy to consider our
I actions. Their platform will be sub,
e stantially the same as that of '72 and
of '76. The Republicans are setting
e their political dead-falls and waiting
. for he other. parties to walk into
-e them. The next House of Congress
I and the Senate will be decidedly
it Democratic, and the returning board
- scheme will have played -out before
- them, the Congress that's to be elec
n ted this fall will not meet until De
- cember next year, long before then
- specie payment will have been re
it sumed and the currency question will
- be forever settled with us.
f These candidates for the Presiden,
e cy is a very important part of the
O, subject. And just here we will take
k up.that part fur awhile. Grant, it
S is thought by a greut many, will be
e' their nominee, but such we don't
I think is their intention, fo r these rea
a sons. Grahit, as we know, does not
f desire the nomination, and neither
i be nor his party have started all of
b this fuss abont his election to a third
d term. As'all who are acquainted
0 with the facts ot our political history
d will say, lie (lid not desire nor seek
i the second term, and it was his de
sire to leave politics and rot urn Ic
0 his hirm at the expiration Of hiis first,
0 Bit why did he iotlay that he -did
t not desire a thirl terIm sine say.
Well, Grant is a very peculiar kind
of huonoai nature, as %c fill have
found out down South. Ie can't be
driven. Tho newspiper men who
were opposed to him declared he
would not have the office and he
would not bo tricked ly them. They
Sdid such forcapital, anid lbe took the
hint and hence he acted the way he
dt(id. Thel chances of Grant f6r the
5 nomination are about as good as any
0 and he is a very strong mnan in huis
" party, doubly to that of Ilayes',
" but still we don't think that lie
~ will- be nominated for the
~ simple fact no candidate was ever
r yet nominated, whose elcinwas
e talked about three years before it
Lt came off, and again Grant's friends
- are not ma.king this fuss about him,
s setting up a monarchy hero, but it all
was started by Deomocrats to keep the
t people alive as they thought, bitt re.
c ally it is awakening their opponen'ts,
d and they too are watching our move
monts to take actions accordingly.
But to sum it up, their strongest men
are still unheard of, and they purpose
to keep quiet until the Limo conmes for
them to appear.
To consid'r the third party and then
we close. The Democrats are highly
0 favored at the present when we take
them geneorally, for we havo nothing
to plan upon so much as to execute,
k the principles we intend to adhere to
are already laid down, we are to fol
0 low the essence of the platform of 76,
t again during the next contest, and
t fatten as a nation by our State, act
8 with their model harmony of a few
n days ago, when they met in State
v Convention, and adjourned, without
jthe least eo~idence of anything but
a unanimity. As -I have already stated
the next, House of Congress will un
n' doubtedly be Democratic, and that
cuts off all chances of returning board
ideas of' a repetition of it, some have
~begin to think, although we are safe
Y in this respect, that there- will be
o three: contesting candididates. Well
6 if such is the eaae and Ccngress% can
t not settle it otherwise, tbey will pro.
II ceed to ballot and elect a President
g of the 8enate, and he will become by
succession the lawful and legel chief
--magistrate, and hence there is no
e pyossible room for defeat, if we will
Rxtraot from the Presentment of the
Grand Jury.
The following is an extract of the
presentment of the Grand Jury of
the UniftedStates Court, now at ses
sion in Greenville:
"The enforcement of the Revenue
laws is a matter of great and -special
importance to the people of thls sec
tion of country. We are fully satis%
fled that their violation is confined
to a narrow strip Ofcountry through
the mountains, and the sentiment of
the great body of the people is strong
ly averse to the violations of these
laws, and that a failure upon their
part to afford active co-operation in
the vigorous enforcement ot these
laws is chiefly ascribable to the-mis
conduct of some of the subordinate
officers, who have been charged with
the delicate duty of making arrests
and seizures. Some of these have
been discharged, and we are infortn
ed that others will be; but we desire
to say that the Marshal and the Cot.
lector cannot be too careful in so
lectingInen for these important du
ties, and should watch their conduct
as much as possible; for of all the
officers these are the ones who come
most directly in contact with the
people, and by them aind their con
duct the course and policy of the
Government towards its citizens is
judged.
"We desire, in this connection, to
express our hearty approval and
commendation of the wise and beni
ficent policy adopted by the Govern
ment towards this class of the viola.
tors of.its laws.
"We trust that gratitude and honor
as well as a proper regard for their
own interests, and the welfare of
their families, will cause these men
not only to abstain, themselves, inl
the future from all participation in
violation of these laws, but to exert
themselves actively to persuade and,
it necessary, to compel all others t
do so. The sympathies of a great.
anany good citizens, who would not
themselves violate the law, have
been enlisted on behalf of their' un
fortunate neighbors, on account of
the hardships which they have senf
fered, whether j ustly or unot. But,
in our opinion, th e magnanimous
course of the government should, and
we believe will have thme immediate
effect of determining all good citi
zens actively to aid the Government
in) su1ppresSIng all vijolations1 of the
law, and will tend to promlote that
spirit of obodir nteO to law without
which no community or neighbor..
hood canm be peaceful, prosperous
and happy.
"Weo have heard with pleasuro
that the Commiissioner' of Internal
Revenue has sent a rpecial and re
liable ageut to go through the rev
ennte sect ion of these u pper counties
to explain thie, law to these people
and encourange thenm to engage les
gally in the business. Tihie peoplo
in the main who have engaged ini
the business illicitly are ignoranit and
poor. They have not the moans of
transporting their little surplus et
Crops to mnarket to realize even en..
ough money to pay their taxes. To
distil it, io not only profitablo and
affords a better market, but converts
it into a more portable f'orm, and
these constituted a grea~t temptation
to illicit business. When it is ex
plained to them that they can distil
legally without incurri ng anm expense
beyond their means, wve have no
doubt that legal distilleries enough
will be established to remove this
temptation, and the Goverument will
get its revenue.".
Stanley, it is reported, will agaUn
set outfor Africa; this time under the
auspices of the King of Belgium.
The millenium is certaialy at hand a
SWork has boon resumed oli the Wash.
>ington monument.
> act our part well. As to those who
. are most likely to be the nominees of
the party. Hendricks was talked of
by the leading men-% while, but. they
have concluded to drop him, and
then they took up Tilden Jor a reno.
mination,but his course has also proved
disatisfactory to them, and from all
sources, we are rather of the opinion
that Thurman stands the best chance
so far, but these remarks as to whom
the real nominee will be aro mere
conjectures, as the time is too far dis.
tant to attemit to make any decided
conclusion as to who will be the lucky
man. To close for this time, wo will
say the outlook all over the Union is
promising and we should act accord..
ingly and do all that we can to pro,
mote the interest of' Democracy.
Yours most obodiently,
AUNT JERUsIIA.
Fatal Affray in Edgefield-Four Men
Killed and Six Wounded.
On Monday, the 12th, the day of
the Democratic celebration of the
beginning of the campaign of 1878,
in Edgefield county, a desperate.
rencounter took plaee in tbe village
of Edgefield, in which Brooker To
ney, James Booth and Thomas Booth
were instantly killed, and Benjamin
Booth mortally wounded. The fight
was the result of an old feud which
originrited years ago, and was be
tween parties of a desperate charac
ter. It begun in a bar room more
than a mile from where the public
meeting was being held. In the me
lee, Mark Toney, W. L. Coleman,
Wade Scott, Dr. A. W. Sanders,
Steumore R3 an and Clarence Seig
ler were wounded, but dlightly.
When the new'of the fight reached
the place of the Demccratic meeting,
Governor Uampton ordercd General
Moise to proceed to the scene with
the Edgefield Rifles and quell the
ditsturbance, but it was all over when
they arrived on ,the ground. The
affair had no connection with politics,
but resulted froam the aninosiiy and
revenge of' parties, which had long
b~een awiigthe opportunity for
violence.
Revenue Matters.
Under instruct ions from Commis
sioiner Raum, C. M. Braytcn, r'e or
ganmzed the force of special Deputy
Collectors, stationed in the mountain
districts, on Saturday last, Caipt. E.
G. Hoffman, with a force of four
men, con sisting of Capt. J. 0. Ladd,
C. C. Carson, J. E. Giles and Wil
liam Klennedy, will operate in the
counties of Greenville, Pickens and
Oconeo. Capt. S P. Landford, as~
sisted by U. [I. D. B~ryon, M. W
Watson, R. P. Scruggs and C. W.
Curmmigs, will look after the coun~
ties of Spartanbumrg, York a~mInd Uion.
VTe most important duty of these
officials will bie to see that the moun.,
taineers who were beneftted by the
leniency of thme Government, do not
violate the obligations inaposed by
the Court. They were specially in,
structed by Mr. Brayton to exercise
prudene and leniency in the per
tormnance of their duties, and thby
will be held to a strict accountability
for misconduct.
WASHIINoTON, August 9.--Moxic n
affairs were again discused. in the
Ca~binet to day. The result was in
structions to the Secretary of War to
issue an order reiterating the provis,
ions of that already existing, re(quir,
ing our forces to protect the property
of Americans on the Rio Grando at
all hazards, and, if necessary, to pur
sue the raiders into Mexi4can teraitory.
It is to be dono, no matter what show
of resistanne is ma~de.
A dispatch from Washington states
that it is depcided to have Chief Justiee
Wait to go to South Carolina, about
September lst to sit with Judge Bond
on the trial .of the .Rovenue offieers
charged with the murderm. a4.